I was ready to be done with my trips to NYC. Never having fully figured out how to travel well, I often struggled with adjusting both back and forth on these trips. I was ready for this 8-month journey to come to a close. The weekend was a celebration of this journey. The man speakers this weekend were Iyanla VanZant and Deepak Chopra. Iyanla encouraged us to live in our joy and to BE amazed. She was funny and inspiring and filled the room with her joy. Deepak took us down a entirely new path. I felt honored to be sitting there seeing him and hearing him. In talking with my friends it seemed we all had different reactions to hearing him, but I felt very connected to what he was saying. And he was FUNNY which may have been the 2nd best part of seeing him, aside from everything else he had to say.
Looking back on this year I'm amazed at the opportunities we had to hear incredible speakers. From Mehmet Oz to Andrew Weil to Deepak Chopra and many others inbetween. Somehow IIN is able to draw from the who's who of personal growth and physical wellness. It was well worth the time, the effort and the cost of the committment. I gained from this process the confidence to break out on my own, to begin to change my life and to make it what I want it to be. I was often skeptical of the process. That's my modus operandi. I ask a lot of questions and explore all of my doubts before I'm able to accept a new belief or experience. It may take me a little longer to evolve then some, but I get there.
While I"ll not miss travelling to NYC ( I think my next trip needs to be to the country), I will greatly miss the friends I made, the friends who put me up every month and the opportunity to hear great messages from some of the greatest teachers.
Here we go, on to the next adventure. I head up to Wisconsin next month for some further training at the National Wellness Insititute's Annual Conference - so exciting! Hi, new life thanks for being here!
